Ken Avidor's bulletin on STRIDE was pretty interesting. But it raised a question that I thought I'd post to see if anyone has substantial information to offer.
With all the controversy about LRT, has anyone produced a credible estimate of what a useful busway costs? I ask this because every year at fair time, I ride the fair bus from U of M to the fairgrounds. The parking is free, the bus ride is free, and the trip is the fastest thing, car or bus, I take all year. That being said, what would be the effect on bus ridership if a limited number of these things were built so that express buses could use them and move a ton of people places, cutting car volume and pollution. I'm assuming it is a bit cheaper and less disruptive than any kind of rail system (yeh, I like trains a lot more, but any system that cuts fuel use FASTER through being cheaper has a lot of practical attraction to me). I have some reservation about these "busways" in the middle of existing freeways. Sure they are probably cheaper on day one. But it seems to me that they aggravate the freeway traffic without necessarily being faster. Certainly not as fast as the U of M busway. Any facts or thoughts? Karen Collier(Linden Hills): "It would appear that the overall sense of this Council is less than collaborative." Well, at least one hopes they are NOT taking bribes (yet). Maybe some of the new CM's saw where "collaboration" got us before. Maybe the subcommittees should work better at keeping the Council up to speed so the subcommittees don't think their work is "done" when maybe its just beginning. ===== Jim Mork (Cooper Neighborhood) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vote Wellstone! One of the few people in Washington who'll stick his neck out for BOTH the stockholders (combatting management fraud) AND the working people.************ Bush's war. What's it for? Polls and profits, Nothing more!**************** __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
